Artedomus has launched a new collection – the second iteration in Artedomus’s New Volumes Collection series – bringing together talent from a diverse group of Australian designers and creators.
Collection 02 is an eight-piece collection that challenges our preconceptions of a product we’re readily familiar with: terracotta. The inaugural volume in the series, launched in 2018, was a 12-piece collection exploring the potential of Elba stone.
Simple, honest and drawn from the earth, terracotta is one of the world’s oldest artistic mediums. Comprising furniture, lighting and homeware, this collection explores the multitudinous ways this versatile material can be used and expressed to create objects of beauty.
Artedomus New Volumes 02 Collection by Thomas Coward.
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“We can throw, cast, and extrude it to our needs and no matter what we do, we cannot alter its nature. The purity and timeless relevance of terracotta made it a natural choice for the focus of our second collection,” said Artedomus creative director Thomas Coward.
Designers include Melbourne practitioners Chris Connell, Hattie Molloy and Kate Stokes, and Sydney designer Adam Goodrum and Yuwaalaraay woman Lucy Simpson, with highlights including Simpson’s Earth Wirri – a sculptural vessel that honours the beauty and sophistication embedded within First Nations design – and Adam Goodrum’s Pitcher table and stool set featuring unusual geometric structure that celebrates the idiosyncrasies of terracotta fabrication.
“The designers who took part in this collection are as diverse as the products they have created,” added Coward. “From established names to exciting new faces, all possess a fiercely individual approach and style, and have taken to the material with gusto.”
Collection 02 is available now at www.artedomus.com and www.newvolumes.com.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
